Chapter 356: Following Da Liu Out to Sea

According to common sense, I should call the police.

But now there's no evidence at all; even if I called the police, it would be useless, they could say they were just playing around.

To catch adultery in bed, to catch a thief with the stolen goods, you still need evidence.

After dinner, the informant on the dock sent him a message: Da Liu had gone out to sea, with a few people.

Indeed, this bunch of little devils must be desperate, afraid of something happening, so despite yesterday's huge storm, they still went out to sea today.

Fine, I'll follow them!

Ye Cheng called Xiao Hu, telling him to come over and prepare to go out to sea.

Xiao Hu came over quickly, and as soon as he entered he had a furtive, shifty look,

Brother, just hearing your voice on the phone earlier seemed off—are you planning to go take care of Da Liu?

Ye Cheng looked speechless, "Damn it, you're so sharp and love to mess with people, why don't you go to Mount Liang?"

There you can mess with people every day.

"Don't just go around causing trouble all the time; can't you be a bit more civilized?"

"Then brother, what exactly are we going out to do tonight? I really want to take on those little devils—damn, it would feel so satisfying."

Xiao Hu was saying that to himself when, swoosh, something flew over, startling him so he jumped and grabbed it instinctively.

Damn!

A spiked club?

"Brother, are you planning to let me take this to sea to catch fish? Knock them out and haul them up?"

"I want you to use this to hit those little devils, got it? Fishing, fishing—you're a primitive, still thinking about fishing."

As soon as Xiao Hu heard Ye Cheng say he was going to take on the little devils, he grinned foolishly,

"Brother, I knew you weren't up to any good tonight."

Ye Cheng lifted his head, took a deep breath, "Big brother, once you have money, you should at least spend a few days studying with me—your use of idioms makes me want to knock you out just listening."

Upon hearing about studying, Xiao Hu shook his head like a rattle drum,

"No, brother, you can have me do anything, but forget studying—just looking at that puts me to sleep."

"Just don't fall asleep on me tonight."

"Then rest assured, I'll be fully energized tonight."

The two got ready; this time they needed to prepare thoroughly—it's cold at night, so Ye Cheng deliberately took two thick blankets and also several bundles of rope.

Finally, he took a dagger and carried it on his person.

Tonight's situation is still unclear.

All these things were packed into a box, so they couldn't be seen by others.

After finishing up, the two headed straight for the dock.

Not few people went out to sea from the dock today; most were hoping to profit, since after yesterday's storm fish were scarce and prices high—going out to sea and catching fish meant profit.

Duan Chunsheng didn't go out to sea today; yesterday he also suffered a minor injury, plus he's old—after two straight nights of staying up, the old man couldn't quite handle it, so he rested at home.

Ye Cheng and his group mixed in with the sea-going crowd and left the dock.

This time the target is Da Liu and his crew; whether we can actually meet them remains to be seen.

After the storm, the sea surface became much calmer, the air fresh, and quite pleasant.

After over an hour of driving, Xiao Hu on the boat kept doing one thing: gripping his wooden stick and practicing hard, imagining knocking down a few little devils.

Upon reaching that sea area, visibility today wasn't low, but looking far out, there was nothing on the sea surface.

To avoid being discovered, Ye Cheng turned off the boat's lights directly, then wandered around this sea area aimlessly.

But after wandering for an hour, there wasn't even a shadow of a boat.

Damn, if I'd known earlier I should have put some kind of tracker on their boat—guess the technology just isn't developed enough.

Xiao Hu grew drowsy from drifting around, yawned, and said offhand,

"Brother, could they be on that island from yesterday? When we went in yesterday, they were indeed inside."

Xiao Hu's remark reminded Ye Cheng, and indeed that was true.

I only thought they were hiding from the storm; I didn't consider that their destination might be right there.

Ye Cheng increased the boat's speed, heading toward yesterday's island, and as they neared it he began to slow down and turn off the lights.

And wouldn't you know it, they actually saw a boat.

But it was far off, and they couldn't be sure if it was them.

If they got any closer, the other side would likely notice.

"Brother, what should we do?"

Ye Cheng fell into thought; there were two options now—one was to swim over himself, but it's a bit far, not to mention the risks in the water.

If it isn't them, I'd suffer a big loss.

The other is to pretend to just pass by, but there's a risk of being recognized.

In the end Ye Cheng decided to test the waters first—he first took the boat farther out, then turned on the lights, lowered the trawl net, pretended to be trawling, and proceeded onward.

He didn't dare get too close, just kept the bright lights on from afar so the other side could see them.

Sure enough, as they drew a bit nearer, the other side extinguished their lights.

Fuck!

What is this called?

This is called "trying to conceal something only makes it more obvious," and "this place has no three hundred taels of silver."

It's definitely confirmed.

Ye Cheng didn't think twice, just turned the boat around and headed back, found a distant spot to stop, then told Xiao Hu and dove into the water, swimming over.

Last time I went in the water it was freezing enough to make me gasp; this time I directly brought my own wetsuit, and although it feels a bit restrictive after getting in, at least it's not that cold.

Following the seawater, I slowly approached the fishing boat, getting closer and closer, gradually able to see the lights on the boat.

Ye Cheng slowly poked his head out from the Sea Surface, staring at them.

On the deck stood the two little devils from yesterday and Da Liu.

Didn't see the boat captain; he's probably in the wheelhouse.

Da Liu and the others were looking at the water surface, saying something, and no one noticed this side.

Besides, it's so dark tonight that even if someone saw it, they'd think it was some octopus brother or something.

Ye Cheng waited a moment, originally planning to get closer for another look.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, a person suddenly appeared on the Sea Surface where Da Liu and the others were, emerging from the Sea Bottom, wearing full diving gear, and gave an OK sign toward the deck.

Then Ye Cheng heard cheers from the deck, a rope was thrown down, and the diver dove again.

What did they find?

Ye Cheng waited a moment, wanting to see what exactly was there.

About ten minutes or later, they started pulling the rope on the deck, three people pulling together, and the speed was fast.

A huge object was pulled out of the water, looking like a shell, but somewhat huge, about one meter long.

After pulling it up, the diver signaled to continue.

The rope was lowered again, and soon another identical shell was pulled out.

It seems they came for this kind of shell.

Basically seeing clearly now, Ye Cheng wondered what to do.

Go into the water myself and then take care of him?

This seems a bit unrealistic; I only have the skill of gathering from the sea, no fighting skills.

Letting me face five opponents is a bit ridiculous.

Even if I can hold my breath underwater, they have diving gear, so it still won't work.

After thinking for a while, Ye Cheng felt that he alone is really useless here.

All I can do is go back first and talk later.